One of my all time favorites.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Blistering performances.

Jomonte Suviseshangal (2017): Dulquer Salman is one of the most charming actors of Indian Cinema.Despite of his filmography confined to only Malayalam and Tamil,he got good following in Telugu too.After OK Kanmani and Bangalore Days,I have became a huge fan of him and started watching all his movies.Jomonte Suviseshangal is his first film in 2017 and as usually I had huge expectations on this film.So how is it?Plot: Vincent (Mukesh) is a wealthy businessman in Thrissur. He has various investments but his primary business is real estate. He has four children, including Jomon (Dulquer). Everyone in the family is money-minded except for Jomon who is a misfit. Being the son of a wealthy businessman, Jomon has no worries about his future and lives life on his terms. Due to a bad business decision, Vincent loses all his wealth and house. While all his other children and close relatives make it clear that they want no part in his struggle, Jomon steps in and takes his father under his wing.So how did both the father and son struggle and retain their gone status forms the rest of the story..Plus Points:1)Performances: Once again Dulquer gave his charming performance with perfection.His look,his dialogue delivery and especially his smile are so delightful.Mukesh has given brilliant performance as father.Their father-son relationship is the major plus point of the movie.2)Second half: After a poor first half,second half came as a relief.Even though it is predictable,it manages to garner our attention with delightful performances and scenes.Minus Points:1)Outdated Plot: This movie has the most outdated plot I had ever seen in Dulquer's career.This movie has the almost same plot ad Gowtham SSC,with changes in second half.2)First half: Except one or two scenes,entire first half fails to engage us.Predictable narration and beaten to death love track between Dulquer and Anupama is so boring.3)Duration: This movie has lengthy duration of 2hr 35 min and especially first half irritates us.So,Jomonte Suviseshangal makes a one time watch only because of Dulquer and Mukesh.My rating 6.25/10

I remember a time long ago when someone asked me to watch Ustad Hotel to rekindle my interest in Malayalam movies. I had long grown tired of watching Malayalam actors trying to romance women their grand- daughters age in movies. Anyways I saw Ustad Hotel and my first thought was......this is Mammootty's son.......so why did he not send him to an acting school to teach him to act ? Since then I have seen a few Dulquer movies like Neelakasham..., ABCD, Bangalore Days and his acting fails to take off in any of them. I had pretty much given up on Dulquer as an actor till he did Charlie. Its kind of like John Bennett in Ted. Dulquer went to sleep one night wishing that he would learn to act and he woke up as a competent actor. He followed up Charlie with an even better performance in Kali and he came of age in Kammatipaadam. Then he went and undid all that good work by choosing to act in this mediocre fare Jomonte Suvisheshangal.There are these movies that you watch because the trailer appeals to you and after watching the movie you realize that the trailer was as good as the movie got. Jomonte Suvisheshangal comes in that category. The trailer is as good as the movie gets. A lot of people have panned the movie by comparing it to Jacobinte Swargarajyam but even if you were to treat it as an individual entity it is not very good. It is not that Dulquer took a step back and forgot how to act again. It is just that the movie is not very good.Its just too far-fetched as a riches to rags to riches again story. You really cannot complain about the acting. Mukesh does a good job. When you have been an actor for as long as Mukesh has been you really should be able to sleepwalk through it. Dulquer holds his own. Mary George from Premam looks beautiful when she is not sporting Marouane Fellaini hair. The mother from Kaaka Muttai does a decent enough job as well. There is a shady looking bloke who hangs around with Mukesh and you are certain that he will be the one to back-stab Mukesh. Turns out that you are wrong and he actually goes to jail for Mukesh. That was probably the only proper emotional scene in the movie.The scenes with the French buyer are laughably bad. Its like the Director gave up on making a movie towards the end. Overnight Dulquer goes from small time supplier to working with some of the largest buyers in the retail industry. I think that once you reach a certain level as an actor you really need to pick and choose your work and not take up every role that comes your way. Dulquer was better off not doing this movie. Its not that its a bad movie. Its just that its not very good.

When we think about movies directed by Sathyan Anthikad, the most striking aspects that pop into our minds are that of all of them barring a very few have the goodness factor visible in them and also the simplicity of the plot. The subjects giving stress for family values and relationships will have a social relevance in it. The background that Sathyan chooses to elaborate his plot will also be pretty much the same not for all but for a majority of his flicks.These are all the attributes that make a Sathyan Anthikad movie a special one for the majority of the audience and more particularly for the family audience among whom the director and his films have a special place in their heart. Though off late, this fan base has eroded to an extent as a result of repetition in the treatment of the movies. Still, people seriously look forward to his films with much anticipation expecting a minimum level of entertainment.Jomontay Suvisheshangal, the latest Sathyan Anthikad movie finally reaches the audience after all those incidents that were casting a bad shadow for our industry. This time its new generation actor Dulquer Salman the chosen one who is given the mantle to lead the film scripted by Iqbal Kuttipuram who was the scriptwriter for Oru Indian Pranayakatha which was also directed by Sathyan Anthikad.read more on varietycinema.com

Sathyan Anthikkad is one of those senior directors of Malayalam cinema who is still pretty much active in the industry, coming up with a film every year. His films are known for their humor based screenplays, situational comedies, stories of common man, good music and clean dialogues without any sexual innuendos or double meaning dialogues. All these factors have garnered him the title Family Director as family audience can vouch for his films, without any second thought. He is one of those rare filmmakers who has made successful films with the Superstars as well as the young stars, only Prithviraj being an exception. So when Sathyan Anthikkad announced a movie with Dulquer Salman in the lead, expectations were sky high — for various reasons. This is a first time collaboration with Mammooty's son who has preferred urban based stories and characters mainly in his career so far. Also Dulquer is on a winning streak with 3 continuous box office hits -Charlie, Kali and Kammattipaadam. With a minimum guarantee director and the most popular youth star coming together, we can expect nothing but a blockbuster in the making. Jomonte Suvisheshangal tells the tale of a highly successful businessman, Vincent, played by Mukesh and his prodigal son Jomon played by Dulquer. Jomon, the third child of Vincent is a carefree, happy go lucky guy who is aimless, irresponsible and passes time spending his father's hard earned money recklessly, while all his siblings and in laws are well settled. The story takes a turn when Vincent, who considers money making an art, makes a wrong business decision, thereby losing all his wealth and assets. How this event transforms Jomon and makes him responsible forms the rest of the story. The story line is simple, predictable and very familiar to Malayalam audience through the director's own Veendum Chila Veettukarayangal and last year's box office hit, Jacobinte Swargarajyam. With a very familiar story line, predictable and obvious climax what keeps the audience engaged in this film which runs for 150+ minutes is the earnest performances by Mukesh and Dulquer. Mukesh gets one of the best characters of his career through Vincent and he is also a hero of the film. The first half sequences is rich in situational comedies with Innocent and Sivaji Guruvayoor while the actor excels in the emotional sequences with Dulquer in the latter half. Dulquer plays it safe here — a role which offers no challenge to him yet he puts in effort to make it different. His comic timings are also improving. Sivaji Guruvayoor once again proves with his matured performance that the character role artists of Malayalam cinema shall not be forgotten. Innocent shines in a few comedy sequences, but the character is shallow. Among the heroines, Anupama Parameswaran has nothing to do, but a song sequence while Aishwarya Rajesh's innocent face was cute. This is her debut film, also for Tamil actor Manobala. Gregory Jacob as Jomon's sidekick Mushtaq provides a few laughs but I fear he is getting type casted with the same expressions and dialogue delivery. Dr. Iqbal Kuttipuram has a list of some good films to his credit — Niram, Arabikatha, Diamond Necklace, Oru Indian Pranayakatha and Vikramadityan to name a few. The writing is good but a bit stretched and certain moments like Jomon kissing his dad and saying I still love you to distract him whenever he lands in trouble and the moment of the film in the second half where Vincent throws away a pack of his favorite 555 cigarettes saying he wants to see his son for many more years were really touching and heart warming. On the technical side, everything is as usual for a Sathyan Anthikkad film, which requires no special mentioning. One of the few things I noticed in the film is the absence of a strong female lead. Though there are many female characters with plenty of scope, none of them leaves a mark. Sathyan Anthikkad's usual gang of atrists — Mamukoya and KPAC Lalitha were also missing in this film. Even though the film has its drawbacks and its for sure that comparisons will be drawn with Jacobinte Swargarjyam and Veendum Chila veettukaryangal, the warmth and depth of the father son bond between Jomon and Vincent is a treat to watch and the realization that Vincent goes through towards the end of the film that money is not everything in life will be an eyeopener to at least a few among us. Go for it, you won't be disappointed.